Curriculum

Curriculum
	Reading: We use the Harcourt basal reader for reading. Students are busy everyday with a variety of literacy skills. Each day is filled with many opportunities to read: shared reading, poems, big books, guided reading in a small group setting, and Accelerated Reading. One of my goals is to develop a love of reading in all children! During reading , we will focus on phonological awareness, book and print awareness a wide variety of literature, letter-sound knowledge, vocabulary, comprehension, and writing. One of my goals is to provide a solid foundation and instill an early love of reading! We use the Saxon Phonics program for spelling and phonics. We will review a letter of the alphabet weekly. A big part of our school day is devoted to Reading/Language Arts.
	Math: We use the Harcourt Math Advantage text book along with many hands-on activities. Each day, we will begin our lesson using the bulletin board math followed by problem solving. We will use the following tentative plan for the year: 1st six weeks: Positional words, colors, shapes, sorting, copying and extending patterns, left and right 2nd six weeks: Building and identifying numbers 0-10, ordering numbers, one to one correspondence, which has fewer and more, one more, same number 3rd six weeks: identifying and sorting solid and plane shapes, equal and not equal parts, halves, building and identifying numbers 11-20, groups of ten 4th six weeks: counting pennies, nickels, dimes, quarters, and comparing and modeling amounts, longer and shorter, sorting by length, shortest to longest, comparing capacity and weight 5th six weeks: first, next and last, digital and analog clock, telling time to the hour, using a calendar, numbers on a calendar, seasons 6th six weeks: modeling and picturing addition and subtraction, addition and subtraction patterns, graphing
	Unit (Social Studies/Science): We use thematic units to teach social studies and science. See Units of Study for theme topics.